Tie for wire fencing.



. No. 836,179. PATETED NOV. 20, 1906.

F. J. COLLAR.

TIE POR WIRE FENGIANG. PPLIGATION FILED 23.21.1906.

FREDDIE J. COLLAR, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

TIE FOR WIRE FENCING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed April 21, 1906. Serial No. 312,955.

To @ZZ whom it may comcerm Be it known that I, FREDDIE J. CoLLAR,'a citizen of the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties for Wire Fencing; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in ties for joining the crossed strands of awire fencing or fabric g and it co'nsists in the formation illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a tie that is simple and compact in form and wherein the arrangement is such as to enable the tie to be driven in suitable dies to form it upon the crossed strands of a wire fencing in a manner to firmly tie said strands together.

The above object is attained by the tie illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a fence-tie embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe reverse side of the tie. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the stay-wire as on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the stay-wire as on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the linewire as on line 5 5 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the line-,wire as on line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the parts by their characters of reference, 1 designates the line-wire, and 2 the staywire,fof a wire fencing, said wires crossing each other at right angles and being crimped at the point of crossing to prevent lateral displacement, as will be well understood in the art.

The tie employed to unite the crossed strands of the fencing is initially in the form of a staple and is forced into place upon the crossed strands of the fencing to unite them in suitable dies, (not shown,`) between the working faces of which the staple is mechanically driven. The tie is preferably driven parallel with the line-wire, and when in its completed form upon the crossed wires of the yopening vand the crossed strands of the fabric, as

fabric the loop 3 of the tie or staple en-l gages and crosses the line-wire with the legs 4 and 5 of the staple passing in the rear of the stay-wire. Le 5 of the staple after passing the stay-wire a' so crosses the line-wire in the rear thereof, as shown at 6, the end portion thereof bending upwardly around said linewire and terminating in an arc 7, which crosses the line-wire obliquely and whose free extremity turns downwardly into the 8, formed between the loop of the tie shown at 9. The end ortion of leg 4 bends upwardly and across tilde line-wire, as shown at 10, the extremity of said leg terminating in a hook 1 1, which engages a side of the linewire substantially parallel thereto and rests upon the leg 5 of the tie contiguous or in proximity to the stay-wire. By this arrangement the ends of the tie are so disposed of as to cause them to lie within the plane of the figure described by the tie without the liability of their catching anything which may come in contact with the fencing, at the same time uniting the crossed strands in a most substantial manner yet producing a tie that may be readily driven.

It will be noted that leg 5 at its terminal portion is formed into an enlarged eye which embraces both of the crossed strands of the fencing, thereby preventing lateral displacement of said strands. It will also be observed that leg 4 in passing from the rear of the stay-wire upwardly across the line-wire contacts the curved portion of leg 5, thereby assisting to lock said curved portion more firmly in place.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the strand and stay wires crossing at right angles, of a tiewire in the form of a staple, having its loop engaging the strand-wire at one side of the stay-wire, legs passing in the rear of the staywire, one le after passing in the rear of the stay-wire a so passing in the rear of the strand-wire and curving outwardly over the strand and stay wires obliquely thereto, the other leg after passing the stay-wire curving outwaroly across the strand-wire, having a hook-shape terminal which engav es the side of the strand-wire nearly paralle therewith and adjacent to the stay-wire.

2. In a tie for wire fencing, the combina- IOO IIO

tion of the crossed strand and stay wires, of a A i tie consisting of a staple having its loop oontaoting the strand-wire, le s passing in the rear of the stay-wire, one eg after passing the stay-wire curving outwardly across the strand-wire and having a hook-terminal which engages the strand-wire, the other leg after passing in the rear of'the stay-wire also passing in the rear of the strand-wire and curving outwardly between the strandwire and said first-mentioned leg, the end portion of said last-mentioned leg lying obliquely across the strand-wire in the are of a circle7 its extremity terminating in the opening between the loop of the staple and the crossed wires ofthe fencing.

In'testimony whereof I sign this speoilcation in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED. J. COLLAR.

Witnesses:

ANNA NooNE, J. N. SAMPsON. 

